To: Sgt. Pile E-6; wretchard; Dog Gone; Rokke; rdb3; Allegra; section9; Nick Danger; Sabertooth
I'd like to see the Abram's current two treads replaced by four half tracks (two per side) such that losing a tread to manuevers, mines, IED's, or RPG fire wouldn't disable the vehicle.
I'd also like to see the older M1's get upgraded into urban assault vehicles by having their 105mm cannons replaced by the A-10 fighter's GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gattling cannon.
Having a vehicle that could shrug off RPG hits inside urban Najaf or Fallujah all day long, while returning fire at the rate of the A-10 fighter, would go a long way towards supporting our infantry grunts.
Surely that beats leaving the old M1's mothballed in Anniston, Alabama instead of making Iran nervous by deploying them forward to Iraq!
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4 posted on
08/19/2004 9:00:27 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
do you know how long the A-10 gattling gun is? You might be hard pressed to get it to fit into the M1A1 lol ! the A-10 was built around that gun ! It isnt small! lol
To: Southack
John Kerry will vote against this, but only after voting for it.
6 posted on
08/19/2004 9:07:32 PM PDT by
Luis Gonzalez
(Sin Patria, pero sin amo)
To: Southack
Personally I do not care what the DoD picks, just have lots of them backed up by a domestic production base to support them. In urban and nonconventional fighting, numbers do count. Cover more areas with more soldiers per square feet. Hard for guerilla forces to move about. Problem with post Gulf War pre 9/11 military thinking - they think one technology can replace several soldiers. Wrong! Issue the technology to the existing number of soldiers so they can fight like several soldiers. Victory belongs to the side that can generate a higher level of violence.
11 posted on
08/19/2004 9:13:22 PM PDT by
Fee
(Great powers never let minor allies dictate who, where and when they must fight.)
To: Southack
"I'd also like to see the older M1's get upgraded into urban assault vehicles by having their 105mm cannons replaced by the A-10 fighter's GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gattling cannon. " Now your talkin! A feared weapon indeed. Something smaller is what is needed on the streets in Iraq today. Quad .50's patrol/convoy trucks...don't fix what ain't broke!
16 posted on
08/19/2004 9:20:05 PM PDT by
endthematrix
(Christians: Are you a day trader or are you investing for the long haul?)
To: Southack
At a blog called the Green Side, a soldier in Falluja writes about what has been going on. Its not good. Hewitt read it on his show tonight.
31 posted on
08/19/2004 9:43:58 PM PDT by
GeronL
(Viking Kitties have won the GOLD MEDAL in the 2,000 meter ZOTTING)
To: Southack
45 posted on
08/19/2004 10:16:20 PM PDT by
fso301
To: Southack
49 posted on
08/19/2004 10:19:16 PM PDT by
fso301
To: Southack
81 posted on
08/19/2004 11:23:29 PM PDT by
fso301
To: Southack
I'd also like to see the older M1's get upgraded into urban assault vehicles by having their 105mm cannons replaced by the A-10 fighter's GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gattling cannon. In an urban environment, quad-50's would be a lot more effective
144 posted on
08/21/2004 1:55:14 PM PDT by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
To: Southack
GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gattling cannon.The GAU-8 is 6.4 meters long. Just a little too big for a tank.
149 posted on
08/23/2004 2:28:04 PM PDT by
CholeraJoe
(I could have been an actor, but I wound up here. I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear.)
To: Southack
I'd like to see the Abram's current two treads replaced by four half tracks (two per side) such that losing a tread to manuevers, mines, IED's, or RPG fire wouldn't disable the vehicle. I'd also like to see the older M1's get upgraded into urban assault vehicles by having their 105mm cannons replaced by the A-10 fighter's GAU-8 Avenger 30mm gattling cannon.
That's a GREAT idea
155 posted on
08/26/2004 7:33:33 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
(Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
To: Southack
166 posted on
10/01/2004 1:09:38 PM PDT by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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